eki közden birin qoymazğa
/eki køzden birin qojmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to leave one of the two eyes
Intended meaning
To steal anything one lays eyes on, taking without discrimination.
- Biz kesibiz aŋa quwanıb jaşaybız. Alanı jer jutar ese, eki közden birin qoymawçelle. Oh dedik, ala mından quruğanlı.We ourselves live glad of it. May the earth swallow them — they would not leave one of your two eyes. We breathed easy once they were gone from here.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 511
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 235